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Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, LONDON, N8 8PR

This image shows an area of planting near the Middle Lane/Park Road junction. In their wisdom the local council (Haringey) are proposing to remove this vegetation in the interests of traffic management ... Residents in this part of London are protective of their greenery and are sure to protest ...

Quite extraordinarily this is not a clock tower built to commemorate a jubilee of Queen Victoria, as almost all of this age are. Instead it was raised in 1895 by subscription in appreciation and recognition of the public services rendered by Henry Reader Williams to the district of Hornsey over a period of twenty five years. He was a local wine merchant and local councillor who led the campaign to preserve Highgate Wood against threatened development. He was born in London in 1822 and died in 1897 aged 75 so lived to see the clock tower built in his recognition. Not only that but the tower is also substantially higher and bulkier than many that were built to record Queen Victoria's jubilees. No doubt she would not have been amused.

This appears to be part of the tower as flush to the brickwork so (besides being useful) would damage the tower if removed.

As part of the annual Crouch End Festival a knitting group crocheted a series of tops for the bollards near the Clock Tower. The project brought a smile to bemused passers-by, but, inevitably and sadly, they were vandalized and stolen within 48 hours.

A number 41 bus passes Crouch End's clock tower on its way to Tottenham Hale from Archway. The clock tower was erected by public subscription in honour of Henry Reader Williams (1822-97) who was a local politician. He served with on several local bodies, arguing for extra expenditure in order to secure good quality architecture, numerous trees along streets, high quality amenities and a pleasant layout of streets and buildings as the area quickly developed in the late nineteenth century. He also fought hard to protect open spaces, including starting the campaign to save Highgate Woods from development, securing Crouch End Playing Fields and paving the way for the protection of Queen's Wood and for the purchase of Alexandra Park and Palace by a group of London councils. Information from http://www.markpack.org.uk/crouch-end-clock-tower-a-little-history/ . The bus, operated by Arriva, is a Volvo B7TL with ADL ALX400 body.